Jose Vempilly, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Pulmonology

J. Joseph Vempilly, MBBS, MD, MRCP (UK), FCCP
Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, VACCHCS

Jose Joseph-Vempilly, M.D. specializes in Pulmonary & Critical Care, with an emphasis in asthma. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Joseph-Vempilly completed his fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina Teaching Hospitals. His medical degree is from St. John’s Medical College.

Publications

Residual Volume Responsiveness Testing May Improve the Detection of Reversible Airway Obstruction in Asthma.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice

Vempilly JJ, Rashidian A, Jain VV, Abejie BA, Bhakta N

Air Trapping Correlates With Increased Frequency of Albuterol Use and Severity of Wheeze in Persistent Asthma.

Respiratory care

Vempilly JJ, Abejie BA, Rashidian A, Jain VV, Bhakta N

Increased E/A Ratio is a Risk Factor for the Formation of Pleural Effusion in Heart Failure.

Lung

Rajyaguru C, Kalra A, Samim A, Abejie B, Wessel R, Vempilly JJ

Transesophageal approach to lung, adrenal biopsy and fiducial placement using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS): An interventional pulmonology experience. Initial experience of the UCSF-FRETOC (fresno tracheobronchial & oesophageal center) study group.

Respiratory medicine

Pais FM, Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Gullapalli S, Upadhyay D, Peterson M, Liberman M, Hegde P

Ability of Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Discriminate for Airflow Obstruction Among Frequent Exacerbators of Clinically Diagnosed Asthma.

Lung

Jalota L, Allison DR, Prajapati V, Vempilly JJ, Jain VV

Combined Endosonography Reduces Time to Diagnose Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.

Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology

Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Noor Ul Husnain SM, Hegde P

Longer duration of asthma is significantly associated with increased RV/TLC ratio.

Respiratory medicine

Tiwari A, Rahman K, Abejie B, Jain VV, Vempilly JJ

Office spirometry correlates with laboratory spirometry in patients with symptomatic asthma and COPD.

The clinical respiratory journal

Bambra G, Jalota L, Kapoor C, Mills PK, Vempilly JJ, Jain VV

The synergetic effect of ambient PM2.5 exposure and rhinovirus infection in airway dysfunction in asthma: a pilot observational study from the Central Valley of California.

Experimental lung research

Vempilly J, Abejie B, Diep V, Gushiken M, Rawat M, Tyner TR

Lung volume abnormalities and its correlation to spirometric and demographic variables in adult asthma.

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma

Jain VV, Abejie B, Bashir MH, Tyner T, Vempilly J

Severe tracheomalacia in the ICU: identification of diagnostic criteria and risk factor analysis from a case control study.